Improved washing-machine



anni @time GEORGE R. CHANDLER, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

Letters Patent No. 101,226, dated .Ma/rch 29, 1870.

IMPRO'VED WASHING-MACHINE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To whom. it may concern f Be it known that I, GEORGE R. CHANDLER., of Detroit, .in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Washing-Machines; and. I do declare that the following is a true and accurate description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon, and being a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation, partially in section, of my device attached to a wash-tub; and

Figure 2 is a cross-section of the rolls.

Like letters indicate like parts in each figure.

The nature of this invention relates to an improvement in washing-machines, and consists in thc construction and arrangement of a pair of corrugated wooden rollers in a suitable frame, and in the method of attaching the device to a wash-tub, in which the process of cleansing the clothes may be performed in the manner hereinafterset forth.

In the drawings- A are a pair of short standards, connected by a cross-piece, B, at their upper ends. The cross-piece i'sl of suficient length to reach across an ordinary wash-tub, C.

D is a corrugated roller of wood,journaled in the standards and'rotated by a crank, E.

down through or nearly through the standards.

""Ilhe opening in thc standards is counter-bored in the upper half for the reception of a spring, G, coiled about the rod, pressing up against a wooden washer, H, between it and the adjusting-screw I.

J are clamps, pivoted to either end of the crosslbar, and clamp the walls of the tub, between their lower ends and those of the standards, by" means of the clamp-screws K.

The operation ofthe device is as follows:

The soiled fabrics are immersed in hot suds in the tub; the operator gives the rolls an alternating circular motion with one hand by means of the crank; with the other hand a garment is introduced between the rolls, and moved back and forth between them; the desired pressnre'is given bythe adjusting-screws, and, when cleansed, it is discharged over the side of the tub into another containing clean water, for rinsing, the garment being partially dried in -its last passage through the rolls.

I expressly disclaim the invention of rolls for wringing clothes that have been cleansed; but

What I do claim as my invent-ion, and desire to se cure by Letters Patent, is

The construction and arrangement of the standards A, cross-bar B, clamps J, screws K, rods I, nuts I, washers I-I, springs G, rolls D D', and crank E, in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

GEO. It. CHANDLER.

Witnesses:

H. S. SPRAGUE, J As. I. DAY. 

